Sunday, December 8th 2024
This Week in Gaming (Week 50)
Welcome to week 50 and Lucia, alternatively Freddy week if that's something that's celebrated in your part of the world. This week's AAA title will bring back childhood memories for many of you, at least if you're old enough to remember Dr Jones. As for the rest of this coming week's new releases, we have a spoiled cat, some people trying to survive the apocalypse, a bunch of people playing with swords, a hungry elevator and some ruins in need of repair.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle / This week's AAA title / Monday 9 December
Uncover one of history's greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones. You'll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award-winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard. Steam link
Stars In The Trash / Monday 9 December
Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman. Steam link
Urban Strife / Tuesday 10 December/ Early Access
Can you push back against fate, live among ruthless gangs and fight back the zombie horde, with just a handful of ragtag militias to help you? Enjoy an unique blend of old school turn-based strategy, post-apoc survival mechanics and a thrilling RPG storyline. With all the benefits of the modern Unreal Engine, real bullet ballistics, day/night cycle, fire with dynamic material consumption and spread, advanced sound and smoke propagation mechanics, AI NPCs with independent lives, faction based morals, hunger, wounds and sickness, and towards the end of Early Access, advanced modding support. Steam link
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy / Wednesday 11 December / Early Access
Swordhaven is a classic party-based RPG. Explore the land of Nova Drakonia, embark on quests unique to your character, discover mysterious artefacts of the ancients, and unravel a hidden conspiracy that threatens the very existence of the world. Steam link
Kletka / Thursday 12 December
The most dangerous criminals are convicted and sent to Kletka. Your sentence is to descend into the depths of the Gigastructure while maintaining a living and hungry elevator. Never forget to feed it if you don't want to end up being eaten alive. Kletka is omnivorous, be ready to feed it both fuel and flesh. Steam link
Ruins To Fortress / Friday 13 December / Early Access
Welcome to Ruins To Fortress, a thrilling 2D survival game currently in development that puts you in a world of base-building and intense PVP combat. Prepare to embark on a journey as you navigate a harsh, abandoned island teeming with danger and opportunity. Gather resources, construct shelters, cultivate plants, and forge tools and weapons to survive. Steam link
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle / This week's AAA title / Monday 9 December
Uncover one of history's greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them - Indiana Jones. You'll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award-winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard. Steam link
Stars in the Trash brings the magic of animated movie classics into a narrative-driven platformer that combines action, exploration and puzzles. Tired of feeling trapped at home, Moka, a spoiled cat decides to run away and seek adventure. Explore, make friends, fight, and escape from the kennelman. Steam link
Can you push back against fate, live among ruthless gangs and fight back the zombie horde, with just a handful of ragtag militias to help you? Enjoy an unique blend of old school turn-based strategy, post-apoc survival mechanics and a thrilling RPG storyline. With all the benefits of the modern Unreal Engine, real bullet ballistics, day/night cycle, fire with dynamic material consumption and spread, advanced sound and smoke propagation mechanics, AI NPCs with independent lives, faction based morals, hunger, wounds and sickness, and towards the end of Early Access, advanced modding support. Steam link
Swordhaven is a classic party-based RPG. Explore the land of Nova Drakonia, embark on quests unique to your character, discover mysterious artefacts of the ancients, and unravel a hidden conspiracy that threatens the very existence of the world. Steam link
The most dangerous criminals are convicted and sent to Kletka. Your sentence is to descend into the depths of the Gigastructure while maintaining a living and hungry elevator. Never forget to feed it if you don't want to end up being eaten alive. Kletka is omnivorous, be ready to feed it both fuel and flesh. Steam link
Welcome to Ruins To Fortress, a thrilling 2D survival game currently in development that puts you in a world of base-building and intense PVP combat. Prepare to embark on a journey as you navigate a harsh, abandoned island teeming with danger and opportunity. Gather resources, construct shelters, cultivate plants, and forge tools and weapons to survive. Steam link
30 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 50)
@ZoneDymo
Ehhh, he sounds like Troy Baker doing a very odd impression of Ford in his younger years. Which is exactly what it is, so that tracks.
I know I definitely am.
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Dropping a trailer here
There are a lot of concepts from Bethesda I hope he doesn't bring to this game like the need to dumb everything down and limiting level design complexity so that it's impossible to get lost. If the puzzles in this game are anything remotely as easy as those in Skyrim it will greatly cheapen the experience.
At this point Todd Howard, like Casey Hudson, having input into your game is a negative. Todd first has to admit to his misktakes in order to start correcting them, something he doesn't seem keen on doing.
The problem with Beth isn’t Todd, not really. He was the director on Morrowind and that’s their best game, hands down. The problem is that all the actual creative talent has been trickling out for years now and what’s left is unimpressive, to say the least. I don’t think there is even anyone left apart from Todd who was in key positions during MW development.
But not in a hurry. Still have stalker 2 to complete.
Their F117 sim and Prince of Persia were the first two PC games I ever played.
By extension those failures are ultimately his being the captain of the ship, irregardless of how much of an absent captain you claim he is / was.He went out there and lied repeatedly about multiple Bethesda games. Doesn't sound like a nice guy to me, sounds like a c-suit saying whatever the company wants to continue collecting a check.Sources for this? If you are making all these claims of internal Bethesda politics you need to provide proof.
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But I'm probably not picking it up right away - will be patient with the patches and updates over time. I'm only buying anything and planning ahead once Nvidia releases their pricing for the RTX 5090, hoping it holds the same price point from the 4090, at worst I'm hoping it doesn't exceed $1,999. Depending on how much I'll have to flip my 4080 and that will mean a few months running a 1070 Ti, which can't run newer games (including Indy, as it requires RT).
BTW, don't buy the game for $100. XBOX game pass free trial $1.